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President Bola Tinubu has asked the House of Representatives to pass three executive bills, including one seeking to strengthen drug law enforcement.
The others were for the expansion of transport safety investigations, and reforming leadership and capacity development in government.
The letters detailing the bills were read to members during plenary by Speaker Abbas Tajudeen on Thursday.
According to the President, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Bill, 2026, seeks to repeal the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act, Cap N30, and the Indian Hemp Act, Cap 16, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, while introducing a consolidated legal framework for drug control and enforcement.
In a separate letter, the President also sought the timely passage of the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which seeks to amend the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (Establishment) Act, No. 35 of 2022.
He explained that the proposed amendment was designed to reposition the Bureau as an independent, multimodal safety investigation authority, with responsibilities extending beyond the aviation sector.
The bill, he added seeks to “reposition the Bureau as an independent multimodal safety investigation authority, expand its mandate beyond aviation to encompass rail, maritime and other transport occurrences, transfer supervisory oversight to the Presidency, and strengthen its institutional, operational and administrative mandates.”
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